Niklas Siemer is joined by Howard Holton from GigaOM and Mark Wright from SAP to discuss GigaOm’s groundbreaking Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) report on SAP Build.

The conversation dives deep into how SAP Build’s AI-powered development tools can dramatically improve developer efficiency, reduce costs, and transform application development.

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Howard Holton

COO of GigaOm

As the COO of GigaOm, Howard is a trusted advisor to many Fortune 1000 organizations. He has helped them develop successful strategies and execute their vision. He has a passion for executive leadership, which he developed at Rheem, Hitachi Vantara, Verizon, and various startups. Follow on: LinkedIn

Mark Wright

Senior Director Product Marketing, SAP Build

A seasoned professional in the tech industry with a passion for bringing innovative products to market. With a degree in Computer Science, I’ve dedicated the last two decades to shaping the future of technology. Currently, I serve as the Senior Director of Product Marketing, where I thrive on bridging the gap between cutting-edge solutions and the needs of our users. Follow on: LinkedIn

Hosted by Niklas Siemer 
Senior Product Specialist SAP Business Technology Platform

Niklas is a passionate Product Manager for SAP BTP with a strong background in software development, primarily using Java and Node.js. He co-hosts the Unlocking SAP BTP (formerly SAP BTP Talk) podcast, where he explores SAP BTP topics in monthly deep dives. Before his current role, Niklas worked as a Learning Specialist, creating and delivering technical training on SAP BTP and the ABAP Platform. Follow on: LinkedIn

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In the April 2025 episode of SAP BTP Talk, we explore how existing and potential SAP partners can build, run, and integrate scalable full-stack cloud applications using the SAP Cloud Application Programming Model (CAP) and adhering to the development recommendations set out in the SAP BTP Developer’s Guide. 

We would touch upon including an ERP-agnostic design while you are developing the solution that lets you deliver your application as a side-by-side extension to consumers using any SAP solution, such as SAP S/4HANA Cloud, SAP Business One, and SAP Business ByDesign. 

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Knut Heusermann is a Product Manager and part of the Business Suite Ecosystem team at SAP SE. He drives partner and customer innovations based on the SAP Business Technology Platform by connecting extension architecture, integration capabilities and commercial models.

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Christian Böhrer is a Development Manager in the SAP S/4HANA Cloud Foundation unit at SAP’s headquarters in Walldorf. He is heading a development team with focus on partner extensibility and ecosystem enablement for the SAP Business Suite that is delivering architecture and engineering guidance for SAP’s partner ecosystem. 

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In this new episode Niklas Siemer, Product Specialist for SAP Business Technology Platform, is talking to Shabana Samsudheen, Senior Product Manager for SAP HANA Cloud. We’re making a deep dive into the new Knowledge Graph engine of SAP HANA Cloud: talking about what knowledge graphs are and what they’re used for, typical use cases of knowledge graphs and why they are so beneficial, and how to put them to use in SAP HANA Cloud.

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Shabana Samsudheen is Senior Product Manager for SAP HANA Cloud, focusing on the multi-model topic, that covers the spatial, property graph, document store, vector and the recently rolled out knowledge graph engine.

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Explore how the enterprise automation framework enhances developer efficiency and streamlines connectivity to underlying data sources.

In the February 2025 episode of SAP BTP Talk, we explore how SAP accelerates enterprise automation with SAP Build and SAP Integration Suite offering a unique and comprehensive AI-powered solution to integrate applications, discover process inefficiencies, and automate processes across heterogeneous enterprise environments.

Discover how SAP helps enterprises integrate everything, improve continuously, and automate completely.

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Palak Garg is a Product Manager for SAP Integration Suite with a focus on Enterprise Automation initiative.

Prior to joining her current role, she also worked in Supply Chain area at SAP.

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Evegniy Gorbunov is a Product Manager for SAP Build   with over 10 years of experience in diverse roles in the IT industry.

Being a passionate enthusiast and evangelist of hyper-automation, Evgeniy is leading various product management, customer adoption, and go-to-market initiatives within SAP.

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Gaurav Dey – SAP BTP Engineering & Experience, SAP

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Get a holistic understanding of how SAP Build accelerates development and automation with low-code, pro-code, and generative AI tools.

In the January 2025 episode of SAP BTP Talk, we explore how SAP Build accelerates development and automation with low-code, pro-code, and generative AI tools. Discover how businesses can build cloud-ready extensions to maximize investments in cloud ERP and their application ecosystems.

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Hemant Rachh is a Senior Director, Product Management, SAP Build, with proven success in new business launches, scaling products across geographies, spearheading new initiatives, and managing agile teams. In his current role, he is leading outbound product management of SAP Build across LoBs. Before the SAP Build, Hemant co-founded a startup “Inversation by SAP” funded by SAP.iO. He has overall 20 years of experience and holds a master’s in business administration from NMIMS, Mumbai.

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Gaurav Dey – SAP BTP Engineering & Experience, SAP

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Learn how Joule revolutionizes the way you interact with your SAP Business Technology Platform landscape through SAP BTP Cockpit.

In this episode of SAP BTP Talk, December 2024, we will talk about how Joule – the AI copilot from SAP – truly understands your business. And when this intelligence is infused in SAP BTP Cockpit, how it transforms productivity and the way your teams work.

Host Gaurav Dey interviews Kishore Vivekanandan, a product lead at SAP BTP, discussing Joule’s role in making BTP administration more efficient and user-friendly. Our conversation delves into the advancements in AI, particularly interactive AI in business applications, with a focus on the new features of SAP BTP and Joule’s integration. We also touch upon the learnings that the development team had from the beta program and how those insights have shaped the product roadmap.

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Kishore Kumar Vivekanandan, Head of BTP Core Experience (Multi-Cloud, AI & Neo), leads the BTP Core Experience organization, overseeing engineering teams responsible for critical foundations such as SAP BTP Cockpit—the central management UI for SAP BTP services and environments—along with the BTP CLI, a developer-focused terminal interface for cloud-native operations, and BTP Neo Core services.

As a visionary leader, Kishore spearheads the strategic investment in integrating AI capabilities into SAP BTP Cockpit. His efforts are driving the evolution of SAP’s administrative interfaces with Joule, SAP’s AI-powered copilot, to transform how users interact with and manage their BTP landscapes.

Kishore’s expertise lies in managing cross-functional teams, delivering complex enterprise-grade solutions, and fostering innovation in cloud computing and AI. He is passionate about enhancing user experience and empowering customers to unlock the full potential of SAP BTP.

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Gaurav Dey – SAP BTP Engineering & Experience, SAP

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In this episode, Niklas Siemer will have a conversation with Gautham Krishna, Product Manager SAP Integration Suite, and Karsten Strothmann, Lead PM Event-Driven Integration, about the world.

As we all know the world is event-driven, right? So, let’s talk about what EDAs are and what use cases have made it to day-to-day life.

Learn how Event-Driven Architecture can be applied to businesses to allow them to benefit from this game-changing approach. 

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Gautham Krishna
Solution Owner | Product Manager, Integration @ SAP

Gautham is a passionate and seasoned product manager with 10+ years of experience, focused on providing entrepreneurial solutions to enterprise integration problems. He is specializing in product strategy, commercialization, go-to-market and technical enablement mainly to encourage customers to modernize and transform their IT landscapes using the latest technologies and services.

Gautham is an active and passionate member of the SAP community and contributes with informative and engaging content on Integration and other related topics.

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Karsten Strothmann
Lead Product Manager – Event Driven Integration, SAP SE

Karsten is lead product manager and evangelist for event-driven integration at SAP SE in Walldorf, Germany. He has more than 25 years of experience in the software industry. Karsten currently works on event-driven architecture in general, with a focus on extensions and integrations on SAP Business Technology Platform.

During his career, Karsten has applied himself to highly varied roles, from product management, to development, to quality assurance, to consulting. This has given him a holistic view of both software creation and software usage.

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Explore how SAP Business AI features along with SAP BTP service catalog and estimator work together to enhance business productivity. Discover how embedded SAP Business AI capabilities can drive solutions to real-time challenges, with hands-on tools and resources available at the SAP Discovery Center.

In the 10th episode of SAP BTP Talk for 2024, we reflect on SAP TechEd, emphasizing innovation and collaboration highlighted by keynote speaker Mohamed Alam. The episode first discusses upcoming SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) enhancements, including accessibility via SAP Managed Data Centers and the introduction of ABAP Cloud for efficient extension development. For the main topic, Gaurav Dey is joined by Holger Neuert, Chief Product Expert for SAP BTP Service Catalog and Estimator, to explore the SAP Business AI Catalog, focusing on how embedded AI can optimize processes.

SAP customers now have access to the new SAP Business AI Feature Catalog in SAP Discovery Center, offering a centralized location to explore all AI features. The catalog provides details, visuals, benefits, resources, pricing, and value information for AI offerings within the cloud suite. This resource helps SAP customers identify the most valuable and suitable AI features for their specific SAP landscape. Additionally, a new AI Unit Estimator tool has been added to aid in understanding the AI Units required for different features.

This discussion provides a holistic overview of how SAP Discovery Center embeds SAP Business AI capabilities along with SAP Business AI Feature Catalog and Estimator. Tune in to learn how these capabilities can help you solve real-time business challenges while making the cloud adoption journey easier.

Interview Guest:

Holger Neuert – Chief Product Expert SAP Business Technology Platform, SAP

Holger Neuert is product manager in GLAC Adoption & Commercial Enablement team. His responsibilities are customer and partner facing activities around the BTP Cloud Management Tools, BTP commercialization topics and SAP Business AI Features. This includes managing SAP BTP Estimator, SAP Business AI Feature Estimator,  BTP Service Catalog and SAP Business AI Feature Catalog as product owner.

Holger has more than 25 years SAP experience and worked in different areas like consulting, solution management, and development. He is also university teacher for “Agile Project- and Innovation Management” at the Popakademie, Mannheim.

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Gaurav Dey – SAP BTP Engineering & Experience, SAP

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In this new episode, Niklas Siemer, Product Specialist for SAP Business Technology Platform, is talking to Sonja Liénard, Head of SAP BTP ABAP. Together they will make a deep dive into ABAP Cloud and its relation to clean-core.

The use of artificial intelligence-based capabilities for developers will completely influence the world how ABAP developers will work with ABAP Cloud and its ABAP Development Tools. We will talk about upcoming innovations like code explanation and code generation and their potential coming in the near and far future.

Interview Guest:

Sonja Liénard, SVP, Head of SAP BTP ABAP

Her experience within the SAP Universe ranges from the ABAP Kernel to ABAP’s database layer, overall ABAP language as well as ABAP development tools. She enjoys challenges and finding solutions for them and is all in for topics like change management and organizational development.

Sonja has a strong background in user experience and human computer interaction. She brings a Magister (equivalent to Master studies) in Information Science, Business Informatics, and Literature.She is an inspiring leader fighting for diversity as well as bringing visionary ideas into life. 

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In this episode of SAP BTP Talk, August’ 2024 we will talk about SAP BTP Security services portfolio and how enterprises can build applications securely and foster a security-first culture in everything they do. We will touch upon topics like secure user access and connectivity, permissions, communications, and encryption. Our expert will also discuss how compliance is adhered with SAP BTP Security services along with integration to SAP Cloud ALM.

Interview Guest:

Jürgen Adolf is an SAP Product Manager specializing in SAP BTP Security. He helps customers explore and understand the security products and features available through SAP’s technology platform, answering questions about their value and benefits. Jürgen also presents at SAP and non-SAP conventions, leading lectures, and hands-on sessions, while channeling customer and market security requirements back to SAP’s development teams.

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Gaurav Dey – SAP BTP Engineering & Experience, SAP

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